The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
SALVADOR DALII do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
More Salvador Dali Quotes
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Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.
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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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God invented man, and man invented the metric system.
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Man cannot change or escape his time. The eye sees the present and the future.
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.
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The problem with the youth of today’ is that one is no longer part of it.
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The true painter must be able, with the most usual things, to have the most unusual ideas.
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A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
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God is present in everything.
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I shall be so brief that I have already finished.
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Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.
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Since man’s highest mission on earth is to spiritualize everything, it is his excrement in particular that needs it most.
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The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
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